We calculated how much time U.S. adults spend on each activity in a day, on average, in hours and minutes. We then displayed that on a stopwatch. This stopwatch shows that Americans spend an average ...

Betting on college basketball and other sports has increased sharply in the United States in recent years. With March Madness ...

The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline.

The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education department ...

A 60% majority of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. This share is down slightly from the last few years.

To categorize state laws on abortion, Center researchers referenced data from The New York Times. Data and classifications ...

Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the United States, and it is one that sharply divides Americans along partisan, ...

Buddhism is the only major religion whose global population shrank between 2010 and 2020. Learn why it declined in East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.

A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ ...

Buddhism has a long history in America. In the 1800s, Chinese migrants working in the gold rush and building railroads brought their Buddhist beliefs and practices with them. Today, ...

Though partisanship remains a far bigger factor than gender in U.S. abortion attitudes, the opinions of men and women have diverged somewhat in recent years – particularly on the question of legality.

More than half of Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state, while a much smaller share (26%) say it should be illegal.